Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti (Novara, Italy, May 31, 1977)is an Italian swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He is considered the strongest Italian swimmer of all time. Novara is a city of northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ...

Career

Fioravanti started to race in swimming pool at the age of nine, and one years later started to train everyday, spurred by the elder brother Massimiliano who was already a swimmer.

In 1995 he took part at his first European Championship. He was silver medal in the 100m breaststroke at the World Championship. In 1999 he was European champion in the 100m breaststroke. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Gold medal	2000 Sydney	Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke
Gold medal	2000 Sydney	Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke

In 2000 Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both 100m and 200m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100m breaststroke. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ...

Moreover he was 30 times Italian champion and won another bronze European medal in the 50m breaststroke.

In 2004 he had to quit the swimming competitions due to a genetic heart anomaly. He declared that his only doping have been always spaghetti with tomato. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ... Spaghetti in a bowl. ... Binomial name Solanum lycopersicum L. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Peru and Mexico. ...

Personal bests

In long course swimpool Fioravanti's personal bests are:

• 50m breasstroke: 27:72 (Italian record)
• 100m breastroke: 1:00.46 (Italian record)
• 200m breaststroke: 2:10.87 (European record)

External links

• FIN (Italian Swimming Federation)